The Gospel Of Repentance

  James 3:2 says in many things we all stumble. If any stumble not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body. Galatians 6:1-3 says if anyone is overtaken in sin you who are spiritual are to restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness considering yourself lest you also be tempted.   Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Because of this reality, we who are mature need to extend grace to those who are in sin. This is not the time to criticize our brother and sister in Christ, but to love them. We need to strike a delicate balance here. It is essential the offender acknowledge their sin so they can repent before the Lord and be restored. At the same time, we must offer grace to the one in sin so that they are not overcome with grief. It is very easy to point the finger and criticize our brother and sister who is not behaving as a child of God should

Until a day ago I had no idea with the (X) meant. Some perhaps many believed the (X) was a way of crossing Christ out of the word Christmas. That is what I believed. Others may have assumed the (X) was inserted as a way to signify the unknown as it is used in mathematics. I discovered neither are true. The Greek word for Christ is the English transliterated word Christos . It is derived from Hebrew word מָ שִׁיחַ   Mašíaḥ where we get the transliterated English word Messiah. Both Messiah and Christ means anointed or in Jesus’ case The Anointed One. The spelling of the word Christ in Greek is χριστού . The (X) in the Greek alphabet is the letter Chi ( pronounced kie ). The (X) in X-mas serves a shorthand abbreviation for the Greek name Christ. If you ever see this Christogram called a Chi Rho , it is the integration of the first two Greek letters of Christ’s name – (X) for Chi and the (P) for Rho: So, we can be rest assured the (X) in X-Mas does not show disdain or is no way elimi

Jesus was born during the time of the Roman Empire. The Romans celebrated a festival called  Saturnalia.  This pagan festival was held during the winter solstice (December 21 st  in America). It was on December 17-24 th . It was a time of feasting and giving of gifts to children and the poor. It was also a celebration of Saturn, the sun god of sowing (planting), and fire. Saturn was worshipped in the winter so that he would return and warm the earth which would cause the crops to grow. The planet Saturn was named after this god. Out of all the planets, Saturn with its rings and bright red color represents the god of fire.    The Romans celebrated another festival on December 25th called  natalis   solis   invicti ,  the birth of the unconquered sun , was decreed by the emperor Aurelian in AD 274 as a Winter Solstice celebration, and sometime (later)…was Christianized as a date to celebrate the birth of the Son of Light.” It has been  said that during this celebration the Romans would g